Seto Kaiba Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Ugh... Harmony Gold is claiming they've secured a renewal of their license agreement with Tatsunoko Production. What a waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenius Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Well they have their drum to beat for SDCC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy17 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 It's official. HG now has the rights for, well, basically forever. 2054. I dont really care anymore, i can buy kits and toys without having to worry about HG and if im honest, i havent enjoyed any macross since Zero. Doesn't affect me. I only wanted to see HG take an L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Uuuugh. WHY, Tatsunoko? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azrael Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 23 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said: Ugh... Harmony Gold is claiming they've secured a renewal of their license agreement with Tatsunoko Production. What a waste. Did I not warn you anything can happen? You kids were drumming up the hype when anything could happen between 2018 and 2021 and something did. Let this be a lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Nate V Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Dear Harmony Gold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommar Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, azrael said: Did I not warn you anything can happen? You kids were drumming up the hype when anything could happen between 2018 and 2021 and something did. Let this be a lesson. The lesson is Tatsunoko always makes the wrong decision. And comes off like HG’s battered wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMBounty_Hunter Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Soooooooo is Tatsunoko just doing this out of spite? If it was about money surely it would have been more profitable to cut out the HG middleman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seto Kaiba Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 5 minutes ago, Mommar said: The lesson is Tatsunoko always makes the wrong decision. And comes off like HG’s battered wife. Bingo. This was the stupidest possible move they could've made. Let's hope it comes to naught, as Big West slowly gains ground in the trademark area worldwide. 11 minutes ago, azrael said: Let this be a lesson. For lessons, I think appropriate ones might be that we shouldn't condone Macross fans supporting and promoting Robotech's toy lines, since they helped put the money in HG's pocket to pay for this travesty, and we shouldn't support any future works from the clown college at Tatsunoko either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidwhangchoi Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azrael Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 8 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said: Bingo. This was the stupidest possible move they could've made. Let's hope it comes to naught, as Big West slowly gains ground in the trademark area worldwide. They're laughing to the bank. They get money for doing pretty much doing nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy17 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Let's be real - Tatsunoko doesn't care about north american Macross fans - if they did, they'd be doing this themselves. I think they see Macross as a niche western fandom interest, and coupled that with HG's established "development" of this market and the deal with Sony Pictures, they felt like more money could be made this way instead of starting over from square 1 for them. And that's all they care about is the bottom line, as they should. It sucks for fans because the licensee they picked are such ***birds to most of the fans but that's just how it is. Ive never bought any Robotech stuff and don't plan to, as its all substandard garbage up to this point anyways and I'll just keep importing and so should the rest of you. I wouldn't get too mad about this news honestly. I think we've all just had 30 years of hate built up against this company that we wanted to see them lose more than we actually wanted to see "actual" macross stuff with a domestic release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidwhangchoi Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Rick Hunter forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy17 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Just now, davidwhangchoi said: Rick Hunter forever david pls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Nate V Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Just now, davidwhangchoi said: Rick Hunter forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy17 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Look at this garbage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alto-23 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Honestly this signs the death for macross in the west. Hopefully they just take the license and go full macross instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidwhangchoi Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 1 minute ago, Cowboy17 said: david pls Enron, get used to it, then i'll be watching Harmony Gold Flashback 2054 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einherjar Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Since when did people take anything from these PowerPoint presentations seriously? Are these not the same people so said for years that Shadow Rising was in the works and that they were shopping around for a streaming service to salvage Robotech Academy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 This just means they can continue making and publishing those, uhmm, Robotech comics by titan comics or something. The art on those comics are definitively, uhh, "really special", ya know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti88 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Is this real or just a rouse because it’s an AX event and they had to say something.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kajnrig Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 (edited) https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/robotech/282027/the-robotechmacross-license-has-been-extended-exclusive Some more context for y'all. Not for those who despise any amount of Robotech/HG boot-licking. This part interests me the most: Quote But what about the Macross sequels? For many many years fans haven’t been able to legally obtain various sequel series to the original Macross outside of Japan. It’s been a huge point of contention, with many people pointing the finger at Harmony Gold. Does this renewal change anything about that? Right now it appears nothing has changed. In 2017 the upholding of the license agreement made it clear Big West still owns those 41 characters designs and Tatsunoko owns the commercial rights to the Macross series. The way the Macross rights pie is divided up will make it difficult to work out who has the rights to various aspects of the IP outside of Japan. While Harmony Gold won't comment on any Macross sequels at this time, Tommy Yune does generally say that, "if we can have more Macross and more Robotech everywhere and just let the fans go after what they enjoy we think that would be a wonderful thing.” Edited July 6, 2019 by kajnrig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy17 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 (edited) ....as long as they get their cut you mean. They are still going to aggressively block anything even with a whiff of macross in it to protect their rights that tatsunoko granted them. Edited July 6, 2019 by Cowboy17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einherjar Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Sounds like excuses for more lazy attempts at mecha designs and doppelgänger characters with questionable dental hygiene given corny lines that you would not be able to get away with saying on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 35 minutes ago, Cowboy17 said: Let's be real - Tatsunoko doesn't care about north american Macross fans - if they did, they'd be doing this themselves. I think they see Macross as a niche western fandom interest, and coupled that with HG's established "development" of this market and the deal with Sony Pictures, they felt like more money could be made this way instead of starting over from square 1 for them. And that's all they care about is the bottom line, as they should. It sucks for fans because the licensee they picked are such ***birds to most of the fans but that's just how it is. Ive never bought any Robotech stuff and don't plan to, as its all substandard garbage up to this point anyways and I'll just keep importing and so should the rest of you. I wouldn't get too mad about this news honestly. I think we've all just had 30 years of hate built up against this company that we wanted to see them lose more than we actually wanted to see "actual" macross stuff with a domestic release. No, I wanted them to both lose & get someone to start a decent domestic release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azrael Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 30 minutes ago, Cowboy17 said: Let's be real - Tatsunoko doesn't care about north american Macross fans - if they did, they'd be doing this themselves. I think they see Macross as a niche western fandom interest, and coupled that with HG's established "development" of this market and the deal with Sony Pictures, they felt like more money could be made this way instead of starting over from square 1 for them. And that's all they care about is the bottom line, as they should. It sucks for fans because the licensee they picked are such ***birds to most of the fans but that's just how it is. Ive never bought any Robotech stuff and don't plan to, as its all substandard garbage up to this point anyways and I'll just keep importing and so should the rest of you. I wouldn't get too mad about this news honestly. I think we've all just had 30 years of hate built up against this company that we wanted to see them lose more than we actually wanted to see "actual" macross stuff with a domestic release. So now that nothing will change within Kawamori's or hell, even my lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Focker Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 1 hour ago, JB0 said: Uuuugh. WHY, Tatsunoko? Why? Because money. On the rare chance they make that live action movie Tatsunoko will get their cut. Also maybe Tatsunoko doesn't care. It costs money to keep a property in the public eye. If HG wants to invest money in a dead horse that's okay with Tatsunoko. Better HG dime than theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kajnrig Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 You know what? I really, really love this Macross thing. No other entertainment property has taken me on quite so many emotional roller coasters with so many highs and lows over the course of not just two hours, or 20 episodes, or seasons or series, but an entire lifetime as Macross. YA-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidwhangchoi Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 so, is Harmony Gold going to release DYRL with subs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehPW Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Seto Kaiba said: Ugh... Harmony Gold is claiming they've secured a renewal of their license agreement with Tatsunoko Production. What a waste. I can also claim to have a pair of 40GG breasts... but a claim is hyperbole until the ink dries on the paper. Please provide a credible link, less we collectively think someone else was sitting in your chair typing bovine excrement... Is there any mention of this in Japanese Print or Digital Media? Edited July 6, 2019 by TehPW Chose my words... carefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight26 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Just how big is Tatsunoko? What is to prevent say, Bandai, from just buying them outright? I realize Big West and Studio Nue are not big enough. Also, what could HG really do if Bandai Visual, just said "to hell with it" and started releasing Macross sequels outside of Japan? It sounds like the language in the contract regarding the sequels is vague to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 The Earth is angry at this development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight26 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Just now, TehPW said: I can also claim to have a pair of 40GG breasts... but a claim is hyperbole until the ink dries on the paper. Please provide a link, less we collectively think someone else was sitting in your chair typing bovine excrement... Exactly, until the signed contract is able to be examined, I have my doubts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Nate V Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Knight26 said: Just how big is Tatsunoko? What is to prevent say, Bandai, from just buying them outright? The fact that TakaraTomy owns part of them? Edited July 6, 2019 by Sgt Nate V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seto Kaiba Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 6 minutes ago, TehPW said: I can also claim to have a pair of 40GG breasts... but a claim is hyperbole until the ink dries on the paper. Please provide a credible link, less we collectively think someone else was sitting in your chair typing bovine excrement... Is there any mention of this in Japanese Print or Digital Media? https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-05/harmony-gold-renews-license-to-1st-macross-southern-cross-mospeada-anime-series/.148700 It was the subject of their AnimeExpo panel, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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